Djibouti: Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Djibouti's current health expenditure (% of GDP) fell 0.24 percentage points on 2022 (from 2.53% to 2.28%).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.37 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.56 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.74 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 42% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Djibouti had the 165th highest value of the 168 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Djibouti in the 2023 ranking

• Qatar — 162nd of 168: 2.52%
• Pakistan — 163rd of 168: 2.52%
• Guyana — 164th of 168: 2.47%
• Brunei Darussalam — 166th of 168: 2.23%
• Bangladesh — 167th of 168: 2.17%
• Lao PDR — 168th of 168: 1.33%

What this measures

Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 24 values

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 14.99% (2023)
• Algeria — 4.35% (2023)
• Bahrain — 4% (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 4.88% (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 6.03% (2023)
• Iraq — 5.53% (2023)
• Israel — 7.1% (2023)
• Jordan — 7.66% (2023)
• Kuwait — 4.96% (2023)
• Lebanon — 5.57% (2023)
• Libya

More health data for Djibouti

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.53% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 9.98% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 168,516 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 28.21% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 172,534 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 29.4% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 341,051 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 28.8% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 9.33% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Djibouti's current health expenditure (% of GDP)?

2.28% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is down 1.11 percentage points from 3.4% in 2000. The highest value was 4.27% in 2003 and the lowest 2.28% in 2023.

How does Djibouti rank?

165th highest of 168 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in current health expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Djibouti?

In 2023, Djibouti's current health expenditure (% of GDP) fell 0.24 percentage points on 2022 (from 2.53% to 2.28%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.37 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://apps.who.int/nha/database Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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